\documentclass[]{beamer}


%\documentclass[handout]{beamer}
\usepackage{pgf,pgfpages}
%\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}[a4paper, portrait, border shrink=0.5in]

\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{times}
\usepackage{ulem}
\usepackage{units}
\usepackage{epigraph}		% nice format for quotes
\usepackage{verbatim}		% write verbatim text
\usepackage{listings}		% include source code
\usepackage{hyperref}		% include url links

% add graphics path
\graphicspath{{figs/}}
%-----------------------


\mode<presentation>
{
  \usetheme{ift}
  \setbeamercovered{transparent}
  \setbeamertemplate{items}[square]
}

\usefonttheme[onlymath]{serif}
\setbeamerfont{frametitle}{size=\LARGE,series=\bfseries}
\setbeamerfont{title}{size=\LARGE,series=\bfseries}

\beamertemplatenavigationsymbolsempty

\defbeamertemplate{enumerate item}{mycircle}
{
  \begin{pgfpicture}{0ex}{0ex}{1.5ex}{0ex}
    \pgfbox[center,base]{\color{uibg}\insertenumlabel.}
  \end{pgfpicture}%
}
[action]
{\setbeamerfont{item projected}{size=\scriptsize}}
\setbeamertemplate{enumerate item}[mycircle]
%
% Set title, author, date and affiliation (for the title page)
%
\title{\color{black}This is the title of the presentation}
\author{Lene S{\ae}len}
\date{\color{black}September 6, 2011}
\institute{Department of Physics and Technology, UiB }
%
% Begin the document
%
\begin{document}
%
% Define a new command for setting the background (uib template)
%
\newcommand{\setuibbackground}{
\setbeamertemplate{background}
{\includegraphics[width=1.0005\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{slide_bg}}}
%
%
%***********************************************************************
% This is the title page (normally the first page!)
%***********************************************************************
% Set the background for the title page
\setbeamertemplate{background}
 {\includegraphics[width=1.0005\paperwidth,height=\paperheight]{frontpage_bg}}
% no footer 
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[default]

\begin{frame}[label=title]
  \titlepage
  \vspace{2cm}
\end{frame}

%***********************************************************************
% Show off page 
%***********************************************************************
% Use a picture as background
\setbeamertemplate{background}{\includegraphics[height=1.0005\paperheight,width=1.0005\paperwidth]{The_Quantum_Wave_002}} 

% using the option plain suppresses the footer
\begin{frame}[plain,label=quote]
	%\frametitle{}
	\vspace{12em}
	\begin{columns}
	 \column{.5\textwidth}
	\epigraph{\color{white}Show off with a nice quote and an artsy picture. }
		{\color{white}I said this}
	\vspace{1em}
	\begin{flushleft}
	\tiny
	\color{white}``The Quantum Wave'' (Gabriela Garza-Padilla)
	\end{flushleft}
	\column{.5\textwidth}
	\end{columns}
\end{frame}


%***********************************************************************
%
% Activate the regular uib background 
% Insert uib-footer showing the section and slide number
%
\setuibbackground
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[ifttheme]
%
%***********************************************************************

\section{Presentations in LaTeX}
%***********************************************************************
% Presentations in LaTeX
%***********************************************************************
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Presentations in \LaTeX}

  \begin{itemize}
    \item There are several classes in LaTeX which can be used for presentations. \textbf{Beamer} is one of them. 
    \item 
	Beamer is available for \textit{free} download from
	\newline
	\url{http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net}
    \item The class is well documented in the Beamer User Guide which is included in the Beamer package.
  \end{itemize}
\end{frame}


%***********************************************************************
% Motivation
%***********************************************************************
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Motivation}

  \begin{itemize}
  	\item The standard commands of LaTeX also work in Beamer. If you can write basic LaTeX, you can easily make a Beamer presentation
  	\item A table of contents will automatically be created, complete with clickable links to each section and subsection you create in your presentation
  	\item You can easily create overlays and dynamic effects.
  	\item Themes allow you to change the appearance of your
presentation to suit you purposes.
\end{itemize}

\end{frame}

%***********************************************************************
% Motivation cont.
%***********************************************************************
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Motivation cont.}

  \begin{itemize}
 	\item The layout, colors, and fonts can easily be
changed globally, but you still have control over the most
minute detail.
	\item You can create presentations using the same source you wrote
for your LaTeX articles.
	\item The final output is typically a pdf-file. Viewer applications for this
format exist for virtually every platform.
	\item {\color{uibo} Your presentation will look exactly the same no matter which
  computer or viewer program is being used.}
\end{itemize}

\end{frame}


%***********************************************************************
% Beamer tutorial
%***********************************************************************
\begin{frame}
  \frametitle{Beamer tutorial}

  \begin{itemize}
    \item You should be familiar with LaTeX before you start writing your presentations in LaTeX. It can be challenging!
    \item When you are ready, check out the Beamer tutorial found here, \url{http://www.uncg.edu/cmp/reu/summer2010}
  \end{itemize}


\end{frame}
\end{document}
